French court fines Equatorial Guinea vice president 30m euros
Teodorin Obiang, son of Equatorial Guinea's president and the country's vice president, has been handed a fine of 30 million euros ($32.9m) by a ...
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Namibia first lady ‘to give her wealth to charity’
Namibia's first lady has promised to donate all her wealth to charity when she dies, the Thomson Reuters Foundation reports. Monica ...
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Dangote remains Africa’s wealthiest person for 9th consecutive year
For the ninth year in a row, Aliko Dangote of Nigeria has been declared as the wealthiest person in Africa, ...
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Plane carrying Nigerians struggles to land at Heathrow Airport
Passengers on a London-bound airplane that took off from Nigeria's capital, Abuja, were thrown into panic Sunday as strong winds ...
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Chinese national arrested for caning Kenyan
Four Chinese nationals have been arrested in Kenya after one of them – a chef at a local restaurant – ...
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No coronavirus cases confirmed in SA as 42 tests come back negative
The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) has conducted 42 tests for the coronavirus in South Africa, the results of ...
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Equatorial Guinea donates $2m to ‘sister nation’ China
Equatorial Guinea's president has announced that the oil-rich country is to donate $2m (£1.5m) to aid its "sister nation" China ...
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Lesotho First Lady Maesaiah Thabane faces charge of murdering rival
The wife of the prime minister of Lesotho is to be charged with murdering his previous wife. First Lady Maesaiah ...
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Abacha loot: $300m to be returned to Nigeria
More than $300m (£230m) seized from Nigeria's former dictator is set to be returned to the country from Jersey. The ...
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Kenya’s former president Daniel arap Moi dies
Kenya’s former President Daniel arap Moi is dead. The former teacher who became Kenya’s longest-serving President and transformed the country’s ...
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